Red-shouldered spinetail

Red-shouldered spinetail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Gyalophylax
Species: G. hellmayri
Binomial name
Gyalophylax hellmayri
(Reiser, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Synallaxis hellmayri

The red-shouldered spinetail (Gyalophylax hellmayri) is a species of bird in the monotypic genus Gyalophylax in the ovenbird family. Many authorities do not recognize this classification and place the red-shouldered spinetail in the genus Synallaxis instead. It is endemic to the Caatinga region of north-eastern Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Synallaxis hellmayri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 April 2017.


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